Lunch

Most of the classes that I have are actually short modules. For example, the most interesting class I’ve had so far is on catastrophe theory as applied to international relations, which means that in fact they scheduled 15 hours of class on that topic, and that’s all. After that’s done, we move on to another module. The immediate result of this is that I don’t have a set schedule throughout the year. Instead, each week’s schedule can be slightly different. I’ll try and post a copy of my schedule so that you can get an idea of what I’m talking about.

Yesterday they had scheduled four hours of class on catastrophe theory. Obviously, four hours straight would be really painful, so they split them up into 2 two-hour classes before and after lunch. Except that this being France, lunch is taken seriously. So my lunch break yesterday was from noon to 2! Some friends and I went to the university cafeteria (the place where we can get a decent meal for €2.90), and had a great time eating and discussing international and American politics. (Apparently I’m once again the spokesman for the United States of America – what fun.) So that you can get an idea of the kind of food that served there, here’s what I had: a first course of pâté, tune steak for the main course, and then some cheese (I could have had pie but I thought I would go for the cheese course instead of the desert).

After hanging out there for an hour and a half, we slowly headed back to class. When we got there (about five minutes late) the door was still locked and no one was around. So we went downstairs to the café where we bought beers and continued our lunch discussion. Twenty-five minutes later the prof sent someone down to ask us to come to class (he wasn’t at all upset). Great times!

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~ by Carnildo on December 4, 2009.